accessary

[ ak-ses-uh-ree ]

/ ækˈsɛs ə ri /

Chiefly Law.

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noun, adjective plural ac·ces·sa·ries,

accessory (defs. 3, 6).

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OTHER WORDS FROM accessary

ac·ces·sa·ri·ly, adverbac·ces·sa·ri·ness, noun

Words nearby accessary

accepting, accepting house, acceptive, acceptor, access, accessary, access broker, access charge, access code, access course, accessibility

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How to use accessary in a sentence

Accessary is now the usual spelling of both the adjective and the noun in their legal sense.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
My mother proceeded; You have a relation, madam; I understand she was accessary to your misfortune.
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph|Frances Sheridan
Accessary or accessory, are differently accented by the best writers and speakers.
Dissertation on the English Language|Noah Webster, Jr.
This I hold to be the point of view must worthy of the attention of the legislator; and all that remains is merely accessary.
American Institutions and Their Influence|Alexis de Tocqueville et al.

Sir George looked astonished; that she is dead I rejoice said he, but how my dear Faulkland, were you accessary to it?
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph|Frances Sheridan

British Dictionary definitions for accessary

accessary

/ (əkˈsɛsərɪ) /

noun, adjective plural -ries

law a less common spelling of accessory

Derived forms of accessary

accessarily, adverbaccessariness, noun

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